voodoo
Example Sentences
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“I hear that Pinkerton fellow uses voodoo magic to get those criminals to talk,” said one old man, shooting a wad of tobacco juice into the street.
From Literature
The old man was spitting and shouting about voodoo trickery, and two women collecting their sausages chimed in with the gardenia man.
From Literature
"Voodoo", which was released in 2000, was placed at 28 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the greatest albums of all time.
From BBC
Baron Samedi, a shadowy cane-wielding, top-hatted Haitian voodoo figure, slips in and out of the hubbub, with Leonardo Brito’s performance feeling more ad-libbed by the dancer than astutely choreographed by Ms. García.
The Bank of Japan, simultaneously, is scaling back bond purchases, ending a two-decade experiment in financial voodoo.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
